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she will bring me food- from cookies to mystery casserole.....
I came home once ...she was on the house roof waving some burning sage around....
its hard to get mad at her......she invites me to some moon ceremonies and easy on the eyes..
I will bring her a whole stuffed chicken..before christmas....,,, see if she eats it or hangs it up..
I do her some favors through-out the year,,,for some banked good-will or good spells..
my other neighbors,,...I will bring venison ....since they take part in feeding the local deer - and I have to promise not to shoot her "pets"
I don't bake or bring food to the neighbors for the holidays. We throw an Open House on New Year's Eve for 60-80 people (they bring the food!). It's a 2000 square foot house, so it gets pretty damn crowded.
I DO, however, make food when people get sick or have a death in the family. I figure they need it more than they they do at the holidays.
Homemade bread and jam this year. The jam is sealed, so it will last as long as they want. My neighbors and I trade things from our gardens or things we bake all year long actually, but I'm the only one who makes bread. I take it over in a tea towel hot out of the oven on a weekend day when they're just relaxing.
used to give cookies, candy, jams,, etc. but that was before we all retired and the kids left home. Now our friends have enough food they make or bake/ they don't need anything more. Some years I will do things like flavored oils or vinegar or home made liquiors to put in my daughters or granddaughters stocking.
Baked goods are almost always well received and home made candy is a real treat. Freshly baked bread is good, and fairly safe to give because some people don't eat sweets, but they will eat bread.
Chex mix is a good gift, too, in a pretty wrapper.
Personally, I do not eat any home canned goods that I haven't canned myself or been there and watched them canned, so you might want to be a bit careful about who you give home canned goods to. It is too darn much work to give them to some one who is going to smile, say thank you, and then throw them away, and there are a lot of people who are nervous about home canned food.
I'm thinking of making fancy decorated cookies, pretty wrapped fudge and some very colorful jams and preserves as gifts for friends and neighbors.
Be honest please - is that a good idea, or will it look a bit lame...? I am planning on using nice quality jars, wrapping, boxes etc.
Any tips, ideas, recipes?
I always think homemade, whatever it is....is the best!
I think anyone would feel very special to receive a homemade treat.
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